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<a name="gmime"></a>Part I. GMime Overview</h1></div></div></div>
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GMime is a powerful MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)
utility library. It is meant for creating, editing, and parsing MIME
messages and structures. GMime is released under the 2.1 version of
the GNU Lesser General Public License. GMime is based on GLib 2.0's
GObject system allowing for a lot of flexibility.
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GMime depends on the following libraries:
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A general-purpose utility library, not specific to graphical user interfaces.
GLib provides many useful data types, macros, type conversions,
string utilities, file utilities, a main loop abstraction, and so on.
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<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-building.html">Compiling the GMime libraries</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — How to compile GMime itself</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-compiling.html">Compiling GMime Applications</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 
How to compile your GMime application
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-changes-2-0.html">Changes from 1.0 to 2.0</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 
Incompatible changes made between version 1.0 and version 2.0
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-changes-2-2.html">Changes from 2.0 to 2.2</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Incompatible changes made between version 2.0 and version 2.2</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-changes-2-4.html">Changes from 2.2 to 2.4</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Changes made between version 2.2 and version 2.4</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-changes-2-6.html">Changes from 2.4 to 2.6</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Changes made between version 2.4 and version 2.6</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-changes-3-0.html">Changes from 2.6 to 3.0</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — Changes made between version 2.6 and version 3.0</span>
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-resources.html">Mailing lists and bug reports</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 
Getting help with GMime
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<span class="refentrytitle"><a href="gmime-question-index.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a></span><span class="refpurpose"> — 
Find answers to common questions in the GMime manual
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